Cellular of wing size variation in Drosophila melanogaster: A comparison of latitudinal clines on two continents

Heredity

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 338-347

  Zwaan, Bas J ^a   Azevedo, Ricardo B R ^a   James, Avis C ^a,c   Van 'T Land, Jan ^b   Partridge, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell size; Developmental regulation; Latitude; Temperature; Thermal evolution

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; FORELIMB; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034016150     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2000.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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